“ In America, Walt Disney opened an amusement park.And in Florence, someone was savaging the remnants of a Tuscan nobleman’s family. Chris Bohjalian
“ A day doesn't go by when I don't look at them, she said. I can't have them up on the kitchen refrigerator or in a frame in the bedroom--I just can't do it, I just can't run into them casually when I'm… Chris Bohjalian
“ Though angels were easy to finds in cemeteries, she said that she didn't especially care for funereal angels and tombstone cherubs -- she wanted her angels among the living, not watching over the alre… Chris Bohjalian
“ A smart girl is nobody's pushover and nobody's foe. A smart girl is both sword and smile. Chris Bohjalian
“ Seriously, the banker went on, what do you investigate? I have a feeling you do more than find stray kittens and bring home lost babies.Murder. Chris Bohjalian
“ You want to know the definition of a consultant? A guy who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is. Chris Bohjalian
“ During the war, I promised the dead I would never forget them. I stared at them, barely able to move myself. Pretended I was one of them. To this day I can recall the light in the ruins. Chris Bohjalian
“ A term came to her that they used on occasion at the shelter: the double bind...They used the expression in much the same way that they would use a term like catch-22. Chris Bohjalian
“ She knew the truth of men and women and booze: it rarely ended well for either gender, but it was the women who wound up raped. Chris Bohjalian
“ We were too young- and the ground too muddy- for our small part of the earth to move. Chris Bohjalian
“ She didn't care so much whether the world would ever forgive her people; but she did hope that someday, somehow, she would be able to forgive herself. Chris Bohjalian
“ So you’re positive the killer is a man.Yes, I think my gender can take responsibility for this one. Women don’t cut out other women’s hearts.We can. Chris Bohjalian
“ And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past. Chris Bohjalian
“ This was the pain that gouged out great holes in the soul, hollowing out self-esteem and cratering a person's self respect Chris Bohjalian
